2010-04-15/2020-04-09 - Born February 4, 1838 in West Orange, New Jersey; apprentice with Hall & Labagh of New York City, New York, age 12; with successor Hall, Labagh & Co. and Labagh & Kemp of New York City; with Henry Erben firm of New York City, foreman; acquired Erben & Son firm; in Bloomfield, New Jersey, 1891, office in New York City, 1890s; partner with J. C. Pettit in L. C. Harrison & Co. of Bloomfield, 1890s; partner with Frank Harrison in Harrison & Taft of Bloomfield, until c. 1902; partner with Robert Hope-Jones in Hope-Jones & Harrison in Bloomfield, 1904-1905; continued own firm; retired 1909*; firm listed 1915; died May 21, 1918 in East Orange, New Jersey. Sources: Peter T. Cameron. The Diapason, July 1918, 18. A biographical dictionary of organbuilders compiled by F. R. Webber ca. 1955; located in the OHS American Organ Archive, Philadelphia, Pennsylvania.
2015-10-03/2020-04-09 - For further information, see L. C. Harrison & Co.
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